Kinney Octagon Barn
Kinney Octagon Barn | |
Kinney Octagon Barn in 2010 from the south | |
| Nearest city | Burr Oak, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 43°28′21″N 91°52′4″W / 43.47250°N 91.86778°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1880 |
| Built by | L.R. Kinney |
| MPS | Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003191[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 19, 1986 |
The Kinney Octagon Barn was a historic agricultural building located just north of Burr Oak, Iowa, United States. Lorenzo Coffin was a stock breeder and the farm editor of the Fort Dodge Messenger. He is thought to have built the first round barn in Iowa in 1867.[2] The modified hip roof and heavy timber construction of this barn, built in 1880, suggests that it was a Coffin-type octagon barn. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1986.[1] It has subsequently been torn down.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ James E. Jacobsen. "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Kinney Octagon Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved July 5, 2016. with photos